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nginx-password-auth.md

To get htaccess like user authentication on Nginx, add the following to your site config:

auth_basic            "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file  <password_file_location>;

If you want the authentication to be applied on all locations, place it in the top scope of the config. If you want it specific to a location, just add it in the scope of that location.

Creating a password file

printf "John:$(openssl passwd -crypt <PASSWORD>)\n"

NOTE: I'm not sure about how secure that thing is.

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